016. Reason

Restraints are objects made to restrain prisoners.

Intricately twisted spells and magic circles limit the wearer’s mana. Block the flow and control the mana itself.

For the prisoners, it is the number one thing they want to destroy right away, annoying and obstructive.

Kang Min-sik grabbed the object once again.

Mana flows. It goes beyond the restraining sphere and penetrates between the inscribed spells and magic circles.

paper weave-

“Keuuu!”

swallowed a groan My hands and neck were burning red.

sick. It hurts like crazy.

I don’t even remember how many times. The leaves of the world tree he had picked up at first soon ran out. Fortunately, leaves are added every time they go out.

For some reason, the prison guards didn’t even care about the fallen leaves on the floor. Even though it is completely different from the insignificant general trees.

Maybe it’s confidence. Confidence that nothing would change even if you gathered that much mana. no, that would be right When I remembered the beggarly warden’s face, I nodded my head.

Crisp-

He grabbed a new leaf and manifested magic. Even in limited mana, mana that shines heals distorted wounds like burns.

Whoa, Kang Min-sik staggered and lay down on the bed. It’s hard, it’s insanely hard.

This is the process of releasing the spell by drawing in mana from the outside while mana is limited. Uneasy. It can never be easier.

But I can’t say there is no hope.

When Kang Min-sik was a warrior rather than a prisoner in Purgatory, he did not possess relatively strong arms.

He was strong as a warrior, but no matter how strong his enemies were. No matter how hard I tried and trained, I couldn’t keep up with the gradually rising level of the enemies.

Giving up was death, so I didn’t even think of the word giving up. I found another way because it didn’t work.

I didn’t throw away my sword. He didn’t even give up his magic. However, he was no longer looking for stronger swordsmanship or stronger magic.

constantly repeated.

I’m short of it. I can’t fully digest what I have. So let’s do well with what we have. Let’s write a shorthand.

Although his talent for swordsmanship and magic itself was lacking, his magic manipulation ability and sensitivity were overwhelming.

Efficiency, speed, and precision were improved through detailed mana manipulation.

But it was not enough. His skills advanced one step, but he lacked a decisive shot. So what I found was poison.

It was one of the many abilities he acquired while becoming a hero, but was considered cowardly and was ignored.

He reopened the box he had shut and tucked away in the corner, and that changed his life. In the dimension where I was a hero, in Attalos, and here in Purgatory.

Although restraints can control magic, they cannot control poison.

Restraints do not completely shield all mana.

Kang Min-sik’s strength as a warrior makes him able to mix poison into mana.

So what he wants to say.

“···found.”

All you need is two things.

More mana and more experiments.

Being a warrior always involves hardships. There are not one or two very difficult and life-threatening threats.

However, Kang Min-shik came out of harm’s way and saved the world.

It is the same this time.

he will succeed certainly.

* * *

“I don’t know if it was the right choice.”

“It is a choice that cannot be helped.”

Kim Woo-jin simply dismissed the deputy director’s concerns.

It’s not a useless slant. It was obviously a risky move, but it was literally unavoidable.

Purgatory is an independent space. In order for anything to enter such purgatory, it must pass through the upper level.

No matter what Kim Woo-jin does, they don’t get involved easily. But non-involvement does not mean withdrawing from the scrutiny.

When you order something, everyone gives it without saying anything, but all that information goes through the eyes and ears of the upper management. Naturally, I realized what Kim Woo-jin was doing.

“Isn’t there a possibility that it will just pass this time?”

“It doesn’t matter that the prison is broken.”

In fact, this is not the first time Purgatory has been broken. It was once destroyed and restored by Kim Woo-jin.

“The world balance.”

The world tree is no ordinary tree. It is a divine tree and a spirit comparable to a king.

They don’t want Kim Woo-jin to become strong. I’m not going to stand by and watch him be with the World Tree.

So he chose to mobilize prisoners even though there was an easier and quicker way.

In order to repair Purgatory, basic materials, not half-finished products, were randomly ordered.

necessary and unnecessary. When this and that stuff is mixed, they think it’s the same as always.

It was a possible option because there were Dwarves including Dercain.

“I heard you want a landmark?”

“That’s right. words.”

“But, in the end, it’s just a temporary reprieve. When a new prisoner comes in, he will inevitably be caught.”

The convoy is the front of the superior. As long as they don’t pull out the world tree at all, they will find it and report it.

“I’m thinking about alternatives to that as well.”

“Do you have a way?”

“First, get to know Lily better.”

The deputy director knew that the name Lily was the name of a cat Kim Woo-jin had raised in the past, but he didn’t bother to tackle it.

“What next?”

“When you’re sure you’ve become close, you call the high elves.”

The next one is simpler. I’m asking

I don’t think you want the world tree to be pulled out either, so if there’s a way to hide the world tree, call me.

then it will fire Whatever Yulia’s purpose was, it wouldn’t be in her plan for the World Tree to be pulled out alive.

“What if there is no way?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

“Who would have known it would grow up like this. If it’s a last resort, if you ask the dwarves, they might make things that will help.”

The magic engineering items of the Dwarven artisans were not at a level that could be judged. No matter what dimension the craftsman puts it, if he has the special power of being a warrior, the possibilities are endless.

“If you say you can’t do it, you just have to close the studio again.”

Nothing is free in this world. If you get a workshop, you have to come up with a corresponding result.

* * *

As a high elf, I walked through numerous forests.

Received the blessing of the forest and received the spirit of the forest as well. There were not a few elixirs that were born and offered as nobles.

Even more so, as a warrior, he received the elixir.

However, it was the first time that Julia Karsen had seen so many young plants gathered in one place.

“… what is all this?”

“What is it, the gardening class?”

Siena Olm’s light answer further amplified Yulia’s curiosity.

“I thought it was just a place to grow normal plants.”

“There’s no way warriors can grow ordinary plants. These will all be delivered.”

“Delivery?”

“To those who become warriors.”

“Could it be those elixirs?”

“Everything is grown here. It is sent to the gods and delivered to the warriors who need it.”

Although not exactly God.

“The chat ends there. Take care of the young plants. You’re a high elf, so there’s no need to explain your duties.”

The elves scattered throughout the horticulture class at the concussion of the prison guards, who tolerated the explanation of the situation.

Yulia went in front of a very small plant that had sprouted.

‘Mandrake?’

It was a top-class spirit plant, called the spirit plant among spirit plants. It was difficult to grow and more difficult to cultivate, but it was a young plant that could obtain abundant and pure mana.

– There will be quite a few surprises if you go there. It would be better to go and find out one by one than to explain everything.

– If you know too much, that too is suspicious.

I didn’t understand that at the time.

But now I understand. If I wasn’t surprised to see a place like this, it would be like confessing that I knew about it in advance and that it was suspicious.

As she carefully cared for Mandragora, Sienna approached while watching the prison guards notice.

“you know that? The warden deliberately excluded only us elves.”

The intention is obvious enough to know without asking.

Elves and the World Tree. It is to block in advance so that the natural relationship cannot be contacted.

“Can we talk?”

“It is common to work side by side with a plant next to it. While working, I just skip the small chatter. back to the point. Is this the seed you gave me?”

“Yeah.”

“It’s only two months between you giving the seed and the mother tree growing. How did the mother tree germinate and overgrow in two months? No matter how you look at it, it’s not normal, so what are you doing?”

“That’s not what I did.”

Exactly, the warden did.

“It is said that 29 elixirs were put together when the seeds of the mother tree were planted.”

“… that’s crazy.”

Sienna laughed. It was an idea that he would never, or could not, do unless he was the director of Purgatory.

“If it’s 29, it’s all in stock. Is that why you put us in here?”

The empty barn must be filled. I could understand why the warden broke the iron rule of not taking elves into the gardening class.

“The purpose of jailbreak?”

It was an obvious, if obvious, question, but Siena’s expression could not erase the suspicious look.

“Don’t you think so? Don’t you want to break out?”

“I want to. Ask the prisoners here. I’ll give you a hundred if it’s a hundred.”

For prisoners in Purgatory, the first hope is to escape. that doesn’t change

But Sienna was an elf. Although they have less sympathy with the World Tree than the High Elves, that doesn’t mean they lack the respect for the World Tree.

“But it doesn’t make sense to burn the mother tree for just a prison break.”

“To burn the mother tree. I didn’t burn it.”

“Ah, this just sticks to my mouth because of the movie the warden showed me. Do you understand the context?”

understood. So I was worried.

Sienna is right. The world tree is sacred. It is not something that can be used and discarded simply for jailbreak.

There is no such elf, no high elf. It was the same with Julia.

That’s why other prisoners don’t know, but elves know. That the World Tree cannot simply be a tool for jailbreak. If you gave a seed and let it grow in purgatory, there is a greater purpose.

But could there be a more important purpose than escape from purgatory?

That was the question Sienna and other elves had. I don’t have an answer, but I need to find an answer.

Confusion ensues and Yulia’s actions become incomprehensible.

“…If you tell me, please tell me you will never tell anyone about it.”

“To anyone?”

“Nobody.”

It wasn’t a very good feeling. Siena wondered if she was soaking her feet for no reason.

It’s an irreversible feeling when you hear it. However, because the World Tree was involved, she could not easily withdraw.

“I swear to the mother tree.”

made a firm commitment Even so, Yulia did not answer right away.

After a short wait, she slowly opened her mouth.

“It’s as Sienna-sama said. I did not give you the seeds of the Mother Tree to escape from prison.”

Sienna didn’t say that it was like that, or that she knew it would happen. I waited slowly for the next word.

“I gave it to break purgatory.”

“···uh?”

But it was too big a story to handle.